The U.S. Attorney’s office is recommending a reduced sentence for Arne Fuglvog.

The former fisheries aide to Sen. Lisa Murkowski pleaded guilty in August to falsifying records for his sablefish catch in 2005.

That year, illegal fishing earned Fuglvog an estimated $100,000. Court documents estimate the total value of Fuglvog’s illegal harvests between 2001 and 2006 at $1 million.

Unalaska police say a Juneau man turned himself in over the weekend after being charged with drug possession.

44-year old Robert A- Biddinger was named in a 22-count indictment handed up by a Juneau grand jury on Friday. A 5-thousand dollar warrant was issued for his arrest.  He turned himself in to Unalaska police Saturday evening.

All 22-counts are for felony misconduct involving a controlled substance. Identical charges of 22-felony counts were also filed against 29-year old Donya Owens.

A 32-year-old man is being extradited from Unalaska to California on outstanding burglary charges.

Steven Brown, age 32, was on the F/V Glacier Bay when he was apprehended on Thursday night, after the Unalaska Department of Public Safety received information from an investigator that Brown was a “fugitive from justice” and that there was a warrant out for his arrest. The warrant does not provide any information on the nature of the burglary, but it did state that Brown had failed to appear before the State of California’s court system on this charge.

A 30-year-old crewmember from the longliner F/V Beauty Bay was arraigned in Unalaska yesterday on charges of criminal impersonation, forgery, and working as an illegal immigrant.

Omar Ivan Villanueva is a Mexican national.  He was using the social security number and other identifying information of a Texas man to establish work eligibility in the United States.

When the Texan filed for unemployment benefits he was informed that he was ineligible because he was employed on a fishing vessel in Alaska.  The man contacted the Alaska State Troopers, who arrested Villanueva when the Beauty Bay pulled into port.

The Unalaska Department of Public Safety is conducting an internal investigation after learning that drugs had gone missing from one of the city’s ambulances.

The discovery was made in October. According to Director Jamie Sunderland, multiple vials of controlled medications, including morphine, are believed to have been taken from a locked safe. The ambulance and the medication safe are kept at the fire hall, and only licensed responders have regular access to them.

A burglary at the Safeway complex may have a bigger price-tag than just the stolen goods.

Police are currently investigating a break-in that place sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning in the building next to the supermarket. According to Sgt. Bill Simms with the Unalaska Department of Public Safety, the robber flung a rock through the window of what used to be the old Alaska Ship Supply liquor store, entered the space, and took over $500 worth of tools. In the process, the perpetrator also caused about $4,000 worth of damage to the building.

What should you do with a pirate ship?  Scuttle it!

At least according to legislation introduced yesterday by Senator Mark Begich and Representative Don Young.  The proposed bill gives the federal government authority to get rid of illegal fishing vessels in several ways, including sinking.

The bill follows the seizure earlier this year of the stateless high-seas drift-netter Bangun Perkasa 2600 miles southwest of Kodiak.  During that incident, Begich called on the Coast Guard to use the vessel for target practice, but they declined, citing jurisdiction and environmental concerns.

Thirty tons of squid and fifty-four sharks found on board the stateless high-seas drift-netter Bangun Perkasa have been sold to Westward Seafoods.

NOAA spokesperson Julie Speegle says the squid will be used as bait fish and the shark will be ground into fish feed.  NOAA scientists took tissue samples from the sharks to determine species before auctioning them off.

Pending a decision on how to dispose of the vessel, it remains at the Magone Marine dock in Unalaska.

A 31-year-old man was arrested this Saturday after allegedly attacking a woman at a processing facility.

According to court documents, Abubakar Jeylani of Washington followed a woman into a restroom at the Unisea processing plant and attempted to coerce her into performing a sexual act. The alleged victim refused him and tried to exit the restroom, at which point Jeylani allegedly grabbed her. She then began yelling for help, and two women heard her call and came to the restroom.